New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS - REG 130

130 Requirement for early childhood teacher--centre-based services--fewer than 25 approved places

(1) If the approved number of places for children preschool age or under at a centre-based service is fewer than 25, the service must have access to an early childhood teacher working with the service for at least 20 per cent of the time that the service provides education and care.

(2) To comply with subregulation (1), the early childhood teacher may be working with the service by means of information communication technology.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation the period that an early childhood teacher works with a centre-based service may be calculated on a quarterly basis.